The pillar of fire is not a particularly good sign, but it only makes her climb faster, as do the horrendous sounds and the peripheral view of fiery wings; what freezes her right up is the low clatter and tension release of Rush falling.
"Nick!" she screams, her head snapping down to stare, oh god, oh god, is he even alive, it wasn't that long a drop but-
No, he's moving. Moving, alive, but visibly not in a good way.
"Fuck!" She slides back down, landing heavily and dropping to her knees beside him, reaching out to press her hand to his unfucked shoulder. The air is thick and awful down here. Is he even breathing? "Nick, can you hear me?" She hovers her mechanical hand over his broken arm, she can't heal it but she could reset it and dress it if she had to. She isn't tracking their enemy right now, which is stupid, a stupid fucking mistake, but she isn't going to just leave Nick here on the ground, not ever and especially not like this.
tw some more vague bone breakage stuff, eeugh
"Nick!" she screams, her head snapping down to stare, oh god, oh god, is he even alive, it wasn't that long a drop but-
No, he's moving. Moving, alive, but visibly not in a good way.
"Fuck!" She slides back down, landing heavily and dropping to her knees beside him, reaching out to press her hand to his unfucked shoulder. The air is thick and awful down here. Is he even breathing? "Nick, can you hear me?" She hovers her mechanical hand over his broken arm, she can't heal it but she could reset it and dress it if she had to. She isn't tracking their enemy right now, which is stupid, a stupid fucking mistake, but she isn't going to just leave Nick here on the ground, not ever and especially not like this.